Marian Year

...new parishes founded during the year to be named after Mary. All told, ten new parishes would be founded and named in honor of Mary, as well as a new chapel for the Cathedral named Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. Halvey_K409_001 Halvey_K409_002   East and West: a unity of

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Medical Mission Sisters

...stan as well as opened missions in Holland, Indonesia, the Gold Coast, and New Mexico.[8] Indeed, by 1950 there were over 300 sisters serving in 16 different locations around the world.[9] In the year 1944 at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for instance, the sisters treated over 35,000 patients

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...hrc-phila.org/items/show/8649 After her conversion, she fully embraced her new faith. Every summer, Mary and James invited Kenrick, other priests, and seminarians to spend time at their home.[7] Over time she would develop special relationships with the seminarians to the point that in letters they began referring to her as “Ma”

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Day of Great Joy: Sisters of St. Joseph in Philadelphia

...hiladelphia: A Century of Growth and Development, 1847-1947, (Westminster: Newman Press, 1950) 247; P008.725: Congregational Photo Directory: Sisters of St. Joseph, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., 1998 [16] The Catholic Directory of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1910 and 1970. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024

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